He is addicted to hydrocodone and I am new at all this so I'm not sure how to pray or what will happen. If you cant answer could you refer me to someone who can.
2007-06-08 01:37:37 · 21 answers · asked by SR 76 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it wont be that easy.....He has to pray for himself and seek help
2007-06-08 01:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The prayers of the faithful are amazing for causing miracles. But God is committed to preserving the right of His children to choose their paths.
Many times parents can tell of miracles that have happened to their children as a result of their prayers. But the person being prayed for must have at least some desire to change or God will have to answer the prayer with "Wait".
Also, sometimes God will help another by allowing something bad to occur in their life that causes them want to turn around. If that should happen, praise God! If your fiancee turns around without something bad happening, praise God!
Be patient and faithful. Don't give up and stop praying for your loved one, no matter what.
And ignore those who say that God doesn't answer prayers. If someone doesn't pray, how would they know if God answers prayers?
2007-06-08 09:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Free To Be Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be in the habit of popping hydrocodone for my chronic back pain and various other chronic pains. I gained 20 lbs. and almost never left the couch until I ran out of pills. Then I looked at myself in the mirror and looked at my house and was totally disgusted. When the hydrocodone was gone, I had to face my pain and determine new ways to deal with it. The best way I have found is regular physical therapy-oriented exercise, especially swimming. Also, strangely enough, if you do enough weight training that targets the proper muscles, this will also minimize chronic pain, although it won't necessarily cure it. My advice is to find a way to cut off his supply and then make him deal with it another way.
Tell him that another person who has been deep in the hydrocodone haze tells him that, in a strange way, the medicine intensifies the pain once it wears off, making it necessary to pop another pill just to feel the same level of pain he might have been feeling before he took the first pill. Perspective is slow to come, but there are SO many advantages to being clear-headed and not depending on chemicals to keep one's body in a stable state.
Notice I haven't mentioned God. If your fiancee is open to such things, then you should try Narcotics Anonymous; if not, then leave God out of it, as it will only irritate him. He needs to understand within himself that he is better off without the pills than with them. Praying will only work if your fiancee is inclined to be religious and if he truly wants to change his ways. If that is the case, then your actions might show him you care enough to make him want to climb out of the pill haze. I hope that helped some!
2007-06-08 09:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, You can pray but just pray about it once and consider it done. However it will get worse but it isn't because God doesn't answer your prayer but because God crams it down our throats until we are extremely sick of it and we give it up without trading one bad habit for a worse one.
What needs to happen is a renewing of the mind it is the thought that that particular drug or drugs is the answer to our prayers. When in fact it is just a cheap deception of satan's to destroy our lives and affect those that are close to us. Take care and may God bless you spiritually.
2007-06-08 10:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Studies have shown that prayer has the same effect as a sugar pill. And that is only when the person 1. knows that they are being prayed for. 2. believes in the 'power of prayer'.
It would be much more useful to spend that wasted time learning more about his problem and helping him get over it.
There are worse things to be addicted to, both in what they do to you and the level of addiction. Lots of people have been able to work through this before so you and your boyfriend can too.
Talk to doctors, talk to support groups, talk to councilors. They can help you and your boyfriend.
Good luck,.
2007-06-08 08:50:18 · answer #5 · answered by Simon T 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you fiancee is taking it for pain, leave it along, If they are taking it illegal yes If your fiancee wants to be delivered, God can do it, I myself am on pain medication 5 times a day due to a fracture spine which happen 13 yrs ago, No I have not been on pain medication for 13 yrs. But I have took it for many months & was able to stop on my own, right now, I have trouble with that spinal fracture since it did not heal as it should, Plus I have bone spurs & 8 bulging disc. The older you get with a spinal injury the worst the pin gets, I am almost 58 yrs. old I finally had to retired from my employer of 38 yrs.
2007-06-08 08:47:38 · answer #6 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If your fiancee has an honest desire to break the addiction I'm sure God will help, but God isn't going to do all the work.
2007-06-08 08:47:37 · answer #7 · answered by 55Spud 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure about prayer helping but I guarantee if he goes to a drug rehab facility, that will help. You can't only pray and expect his addiction to go away, he needs help and support!
2007-06-08 08:43:08 · answer #8 · answered by Elphaba 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God will grant him the courage and strength to overcome his addiction, but he is going to have to do a lot of work to kick his habit. God has already sent him a caring woman to stand by him and help him.
2007-06-08 08:56:26 · answer #9 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pray as if it's all up to God and work as if it's all up to you. Yeah, I know, sort of sappy, but it's true.
Your fiance will be delivered if HE wants to be delivered. God will speak to his heart, but if he's not listening, it won't do him any good.
2007-06-08 09:11:15 · answer #10 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pray with a simple cry for help that you and he will be healed and will find the way out. Answers often come in other ways than we suppose. Be patient and yearning and doors will open. Your sincere desire to ask for help gets you half way to the solution. Now the other half to your solution is the journey back, and watch for God's guidance in ways that you might never have suspected. Be patient and hopeful.
Here, for starters:
http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/drugrehab.page
2007-06-08 08:45:24 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋